Delivery of the 600th Airbus A320 family aircraft made in China

IT House September 23 news, today, Airbus announced the delivery of the 600th aircraft completed by the Airbus A320 series aircraft Asian assembly line in Tianjin. The A320neo, powered by CFM International's Leap-1A engine and operated by China Eastern Airlines, has a 158-seat configuration, including 8 business class seats and 150 economy class seats. According to the data, as of the end of July 2022, China Eastern operated a total of 422 Airbus aircraft, including 355 A320 series aircraft, 55 A330 series aircraft and 12 A350 aircraft. IT Home has learned that the Airbus A320 series aircraft Asian final assembly line in Tianjin was opened in 2008 and is Airbus' first aircraft production line outside Europe. In November 2021, Airbus announced the expansion of the production capacity of the final assembly line to the A321 aircraft. ▲ Source: Airbus Currently, Airbus has four A320 series aircraft final assembly facilities, located in Toulouse, France, Hamburg, Germany, Tianjin, China, and Mobile, the United States. By the end of this year, all four final assembly facilities will have A321 final assembly capacity. As of the end of August 2022, the Airbus A320neo family has received more than 8,500 orders from more than 130 customers worldwide. Since the first A320neo entered service six years ago, Airbus has delivered more than 2,300 A320neo family aircraft.